Ready to buy a gaming Pc...

there are a few companies that will basically build a pc for you using good parts for a small premium, ibuypower for example will but they charge 50-75%+ but someone linked in the desktop thread a while ago one that did it for 10-20% which I think is pretty reasonable

Superbiiz will build up the computer (and do a really really nice job of it) for $35. I dont even assemble my business systems anymore. Not only that, they will build MULTIPLE systems for $35. Ive ordered 3 at once and was only charged $35.

I am a master necromancer I know. My PC is on its last legs and I would like to build a gaming PC for around $1000 give or take a couple hundred.

I don't want to buy a pre-built so if someone could guide me in the right direction that would be great.

I currently play a lot of far cry, ark, league of legends, dota 2, fallout 4 etc.

well first, lets be clear. 1k actually generally builds you a quite good pc. so, you probably can shoot even lower then that, if LoL and the like are your actual targets.

Best Gaming PC Build for $1000, A Gaming Build for Gods -
This doesnt recommend an SSD. which I would definitely.
not entirely sure why a 970. seems a bit pricey.
hell, im still using a GTX 560ti. (quite dated.. at this point yes.)

The $1,000 Gaming / Productivity PC Build | The Tech Buyers Guru
another with a 970.
This build does include a 250GB ssd. Def recommend one, at least. personally, planning on getting a 500gb one sooner then later.

oh, and of course the other thread is active, so ask there.
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spronk_sl said:

that did it for 10-20% which I think is pretty reasonable

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AVAdirect; I've ordered numerous computers from there for family I'm too far to do a build for. Excellent parts, they let you choose, well constructed, clean ect. None of them have had a problem (6 so far). I've compared prices to builds that I could do and its about a 10-15% mark up, very very reasonable considering you get a warranty. (I could do it for 600, they could do it for 680-700 usually. But I avoided the GFX card. Always buy your own GFX car wait on sale).

Build a desktop machine, not a "gaming rig". (Desktop rigs have a bigger parts selection so you can do some cost savings by cutting out some parts that can be overclocked ect.).Here is the site.The link goes right to their tower builder--but go under the products->Custom==>Tower. You can take parts out and in, all the parts they offer work together.

If you want to build your own though,use this.. It will make sure the parts are compatible and give you a decent list, let you compare, make sure you have ample power ect ect. (Lets you build mock systems and pull from various parts warehouses.)

I'm gonna update my in the next week or two and it's looking like it's gonna be about 600 bucks.

Unless you're getting a monitor and one of the OP vid cards it shouldn't run you 1000.

Putting them together seriously is as easy as putting together a lego set. It even comes with instructions. The only part that is a little bit nerve-wracking for the first time doing it is thermal pasting the cpu and putting on the heat sink. Even that's not bad, you're just terrified that the thing is gonna be super-delicate the first time. It's not super delicate... just don't put it in backwards. The user manual shows you exactly what socket fits what plug.

And get a list of beep codes printed out before you start, because the odds are pretty high that the first time you hit the power button it's gonna give you a beep code. But that is almost always, "You forgot to run power to the graphics card, dumbass".

Also, coming from a late adopter of SSD, I'd get one too. Samsung, Intel, Sandisk seem to be the reputable manufacturers in terms of cheapo - to - best.

I'd definitely agree with Iannis. Physically assembling your own rig isn't difficult at all, and with ZIF slots you don't even have to deal with the fun of hearing the light crunch of cpu pins sliding in. Which when you hear it for the first time you generally think you fucked up! Now they don't even fit into the slot unless you have it seated the right way. Like, everything on modern motherboards only has one way things physically fit into slots, and they tend to be labeled/color coded on most.

Ive never bought a prebuilt PC aside from my very first compaq for EQ1 that i put a voodoo card in - Assembling can be annoying IF youve never done it before and youre not very tech savvy then i would say to actually aim to a site that lets you pick the parts and they put it together without charging an arm and leg. I say this bc my friends went the route of just using pcpartpicker or whatever but after putting it together had hell on earth getting it to actually run and had to send back parts that came DoA and ended up being almost a month after getting the parts that they got it functional.

So it really depends on which route you want to take - if youre confident and patient then go ahead and build it yourself - can go from boxes to gaming in under 2-3 hours or less, or it can go from boxes to raging in just as fast I dont even turn mine on much anymore since im not gaming so my Lenovo y50-70 does me just fine and can run simple games on modest settings.